About

I live in outer metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. I maintain Hegemony Heights, intermittently, to satisfy the desire of finding an online identity not constrained by time or stereotypes of mummy blogging. Tricky. But I do it for fun anyway, so what the heck.

And it also satisfies, to a certain extent, the suburban wannabe cultural theorist, occasional international relations watcher, science/creative dichotomy and frustrated writer within. To a certain extent.

Conversations documents slices of life overheard through unintentional eavesdropping or suddenly being included in a conversation. My phone’s Notes app is full of these from when I frantically tap to retain the integrity of the language or sentiment before transposing here. Five years as a court transcript typist comes in handy here. Some of these made me laugh, some made me cry; you can guess which.

The Darndest Things page contains snippets of conversation from my (now) teenage boys over the years, Brownie and Blondie – you know, culture at work and all that, cute and insightful. This is one of the tricky bits (see first paragraph above).

Bumper Edition satisfies a quasi obsession with the cultural messages of vehicle licence plates, bumper stickers and window decals. Fortunately, where I live appears to be a hotspot for these items. Or perhaps unfortunately (see second paragraph above).

The views here are my own unless otherwise acknowledged.

When not blogging, I:

work in communications OR

am mum to Brownie and Blondie OR

attempt quality time with my husband OR

mediate the constant bickering between my inner feminist and inner domestic goddess (shaddap in there) OR

am remembering what it’s like to socialise with friends OR

am reading and watching and listening to other stuff on the interweb OR

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Language is culture.

And I do like to be polite, especially where credit is due, so the views here are mine unless otherwise acknowledged. And occasionally there's language that may be considered adult, or a bit fruity. My 14 year old is probably searching for it right now.